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VOL. XXVI.?NO- 28. . UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA JULY 12, 1895. $1.50 A YEAR.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
D. E. IIydrick, J. A. Sawyer
Spartanburg, S. C , Union, S. C.
H YDRICK& SAWYER,
Attorneys at Law,
Judge Townsend's Old Stand.
M UNRO&MUNRO,
Attorneys at Law,
No. 2. Law Range,
g S. STOKES, '
Attorney at Law and Trial Justice,
Office Rear of Court House. (
J C. WALLACE,
Attorney at Law, (
No. 3 Law Range.
gCHUMTERT & BUTLER,
Attorneys at Law, ]
No. 3? Law Hangs. (
DENTISTRY. ;
J^R. H. K.SMITH'S ,
Dental Rooms over A. H. Foster & ^
Co'a. store. Cocaine used in extracting 1
teeth.
. DENTISTRY. <
jyi. J. C. McCUBBINS, J
Office on the corner of Main and 1
Judgement Streets near the Court House. )
Bridge and Crown work done when 1
desired. Call and see me.
UNION MARBLE
?ANL>? '
Granite Works. {
GEORGE GEDDES. *
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F. M. FARR, GEO. MUNRO. *
President. t Caehier.
Merchants and ;
Planters' National 5
BANK, ?
OF XJISTIOIST. t
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Capital Stock $00,000. Surplus $50,000. S
Stockholders liabilities, $00,000?Total? |
$170,000. 1
Officers?F. M. Farr, Prcs't. A. H. ^
Foster, Vice l'res't. Geo. Muuro, Cashier. C
J. D. Artnr, Aes'stant Cashier.
Directors?W. 11. Wallace, A. G, Ricet ^
Win. Jefferies, T. C. Duncan, J. A. Fant, J. ?
T. Douglas, 1. G. McKissick, A. li. Foster, ti
?r We solicit jour business.
ICE CREAM
AND
SODA WATER >
! PARLOR- I
AS the Oyster season is now over, I <
have converted my Saloon, into an
ICE CREAM PARLOR. And the 1
adieu and gentlemen are respectfully invited
to call on nte when they waut a
cool and refreshing drink. Orders for
cream by tho gallon will receive prompt
and careful attention.
I have oue of the finest Soda I'oun- i
tains in the up country, everything shall
be kept tidy. Ladies arc invited to
make my place their headquarters while
shopping, stop in and rest whether you
wish to buy or not. If you have a headtche
try my WINK COCA it will cure
| t every time.
I You will also find at my place the largest
and finest assortment of fancy and
plain candies, cakes and craokors fruits
.canned poods and general confections,
also family procerus.
Thanking my customers (or tho'.r kind
>and liberal patronage last Summer J
espectfully solicit a continuance of the
Mine this Summer; guaranteeing
prompt and p lite attention to an
JOHN. R. MATHIS
MERCY and MARTIAL COURAGE
.Rams Horn
On being asked to recall an install
of martial courage Gen. Longstn
said: "About the most remarkat
exhibition of courage which cvcrcai
to iny personal observation occuri
during the Mexican war at the bi
tie of Resaca de la Palma. I w
then with Gen. Taylor, 011 the 'J
day of May, 184G, when he order
his dragoons, Capt. Charlie May,
charge the enemy's batteries. Rn
dolph Ridgely, who commanded o
battery, as May was about to chare
called to him: 'Hold on Ohnvl
until I draw their tire.' I do r
know any more interesting case
courage and gallantry than that
Ridgely, when he called on me togi
him the privilege of drawing the ti
that was ready for May upon himse
May made the charge successful
inu got the batteries of the enem
ind us a result we were victorious th
lay. I do not know of aiiythii
which was so fraught with nobili
md absolute fearlessness as this act
Ridgely's. Both of these men wci
beautiful characters.
"Can I give you as good an instan
)f inercv? Yes. hundreds. On 01
aceasion at the battle of (icttysburj
is our Confederate lines were advan
ng, they met with a temporary cho<
ind the enemy wore advancing b
lind rocks, also, and firing upon u
rust a little in front of our line whe
ny men stood was a wounded Nort
>rn soldier, calling frantically fi
vater. A Confederate soldier ste]
>od from behind his shelter, leavii
lis gun, and held up his hands as
ignal to cease firing. The Unio
roops stopped when they saw h
^jnal, ai)d he ran forward and gat
he wounded Yankee his canteen <
v.iter, raising his head on his arn
intil he had drained the contents <
he canteen, then restoring him tei
lerly to his reclining position on tl
;round, ran back behind his roc
fhere he had been, and resumed tl
>attle: The enemy's line resume
iring at the same time, and th
ample act of mercy passed amid tl
renter incidents of that terribledt
and doubtless of the hundreds wl
v it in esse:! it but few live toremeuib
u* relate the occurrence.
"The bravest ami best men wit
vhoin I came in contact during tv
;rcat conflicts were Christian me
ind 1 believe the better Christian
nan is, the braver, truer and nobh
le is in private and public life. I i
tot see how a man can he brave u
ess he is a Christian."
Coat of The Brooklyn StrikeThe
strike which tied up nearly a
the surface railroads of llrookh
luring the month of January has Iks
the subject of investigation I ?y a sp
cinl eommittee of the New York Sta
Assembly. This committee lias ju
handed an exhaustive report 011 tl
matter which, whatever may 1
thought of the value of the conclusioi
and recommendations offered, coi
tains at least one significant stat
mcnt which is worthy of repctith
as illustrative of the tendency
strikes in general.
In connection with the failure
agree and the sudden declaration
a strike the committee says. "Ail
tration had not been resorted to in
not even suggested by either par
previous to the declaration of tl
i * I f 1 . t l 1 1
strike. nau mat neon none ami i
inuiiiiuion had there is no doubt
the minds of your committee that tl
entire difficulty might have he<
avoided."
The cost of the Urooklyn trolh
strike is estimated at least
of which SJT*>0,td'U was borne by tl
strikers, ^27 ">,b,)0 by theeitv in >u
pressing disorders, and the bahun
by the railroad companies and tl
public generally, Moreover, <d'tli
o,000 into who wtut out not mo
than ten per cent recovered ti.?
places.?Self Culture.
BRUTAL MURDER.
A Good Subject For The Halter.
Piedmont, July 8.?Yesterday the
peace and quietude of our town was ?
ice again broken. Just as the 4 o'clock
?et train was rolling up to the depot, Ira
>le Johnson, a young negro man, shot
lie and mortally wounded Fpank Landed
ford, a young whiteman of Marietta,
it- S. C. Mr. Langford was visiting
as friends and relatives here and went mm
tli out to the depot just before train time win
cd with some other young men. When oth
to they arrived they found the negro I
m- quarreling with and abusing a bey 'ov <
ur about twelve years old, whose father ing,
;e, and mother are both dead. One of nev
lie the young men ordered the negro to not
iot stop abusing the boy and to abuse littl
of him if lie wanted to abuse anybody; hav
of the negro then produced a pistol, and I sh
vc placing it near the young man's face I ai
re swore he would blow his brains out. arc
it. Mr. Langford was standing near est
ly and ordered him to put up his pistol \
y, and have no further trouble, and that
at without further ceremony the negro ryin
lg turned and fired two shots, one tak- By
ty ing effect in the upper part of the grov
of right breast and the other in the you.
re right part of the stomach. The ne- life,
gro then tried to make his escape by avoi
ee running, but was so closely pursued If
ic that he took refuge in a house on up- and
g, per Main street, lie was promptly the \
c- pulled out and his hands tied and in may
:k less than thirty minutes at least 300 your
e- people were on hand, some armed your
is. with shotguns, pistols and ropes, I
re shoutiu? "lvnch him.' mill fill* n
o v " " f'"v
li- short time it looked as wo would have of tli
>r a dead negro on our hands and a cor- have
[)-' oner's inquest would be in order. have
ig Earnest solicitations of cooler heads buihi
a to send him to jail and await the re- of ot
n suit of Mr. Landlord's course, at dowr
is last quieted the crowd to a certain live i
;e extent. Three buggies were soon on in tli
jf hand -uul five wel| .
i, mined men werebtj rce NSay^oXltoenof
ville jnil with-kim. Spine >thrents -\y
11- were made to follow and lyn$V Him men
le and a report \tus circulated rttrat a v^cel
k mob of negroes Vere w aiting <hi tho were
ic road and would take hioi fr^ip- thq t]tjs
d officers, but no (hnger of thatqature thiu|
is was apprehendel, for in less thjm.-an ^j10
10 hour and a half (iter the shooting the q
ty guard started w|*i him and of ijoursc jn jt
10 did not give timjufor the mob* tocol- horS(
er lcct. If ' Stok
Mr. Langlord was moved to the j10rS(
h house of a friend, and was attended il0j0{
ro by Drs. Monald tnd Richardson, who i10rS)
n, did everything inhheir power for hiui, coun
a hut after lingcriiit in great agony tin- ,|cr0(
?% til lliic oftnvnri.rt lin dinil Mi. I . :
, ; ; . ^ ' v:* . smoi
10 Lnngford was a young man of a quiet wm
n- and sober disposition' and infbr- Qe38c
mation is that lie was nwcv in any ^.y .
way eoniiceted with such troubles be- '
fore. lie was a son of ono of tlie p|lY8
leading men of Marietta, Greenville jj
11 county. jagt
n Johnson is considered a had chary out (
L>n neter and has been in the hands of favoi
0. the law several tiineson similar of- remj
u fences. The pistol that he shot .)C(|U
[st young Langford with was a 38-cal- Y0U .
|M> iber haiiiinerless Smith & Wesson. self 1
>e ~ ' 1 was
us <j?ml Advice of Henry (irndy. poen
i- Kock Mill Herald. , craft
e- The following letter of tho lament- hono
"i ed 1 lenry Grajy to' hi#yojjmj friend, inter
d Clark Howell, o'^nie biuhaSy will "I
not be out of ]>lac?t. The prohibition resp<
to sentiment of Mr. Grady and'his been
ol groafproininence give it greater force, year:
My son will he just about youf age as co
:|l when > our arc just about mine, and puffs
ty I have g"t to Icok ingot you as a sort torm
1"' of prefiguring if w hat my son may be the 1
III ... ! .If 1 . i. anil* ITI1M nri.l vnistintrwr I
I IIIIVI V' I ?'/' 'rv 11I ^ v/ ? v I ^ VU HIIU i CJVIVI11^
in your success. Iij)t ine w rite to .you
'u> wllut I would 1)0 willing tor you tor. T1
write to liiiu. f line
Never gamble. Of all the vic^f #xtci
,v that enthrall melt this is the worst, mtyt,
IM tin* strongest nad mo.y insidious, print
1(1 Outside of the '.A:i morality of it, it an et
P* is the poorest imOsiment, the poorest sever
I usiness and th Mtorest fun. No low it
lr j man sale w ht^jirat ul!. It is j reeri
u' never to nc*iV. * 1 never know "'J
u' j : i oin.a gentlel .if and man of busi- throi
| a. , v. ho did ij?regret the time and mnn1
uioju-v he had ' 1 in it. A man The
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WM A. Nioik
BANKI
ttxtioit,
Respectfully solicit you
REPRESENT COMPANIES WITH
) plays poker is unfit for every si
er business 011 earth. w
*fever drink. 1 love liquor and I 0
1 the fellowship involved in drink- o
My safety has been that I h
er drink at all. It is much easier w
to drink at all than to drink a b
e. If I had to attribute what 1 a
0 done in my life to any one thing, u
ould attribute it to the fact that ti
n a teetotaler. As sure as you a
born, it the pleasantcst, the easi- tl
and the safest way. t<
[arry early. There is nothing w
steadies a young fellow like mar- si
g a good girl and raising a family, w
marrying young your children w
v up when they are a pleasure to w
You feel the responsibility of oi
the sweetness of life, and you in
d bad habits. ni
'you never drink, never gamble,
marry early, there is no limit to ti<
isei'ul and distinguished life you ar
live. You will be the pride of ai
father's heart and the joy of cc
mother's.
don't know that there is any hap- cv
ss on earth worth having outside so
0 happiness of knowing that you di
done your duty, and that you at
tried to do good. You try to ag
1 up. There are always plenty
hers who will do all the tearing so
1 that is necessary. You try to th
in the sunshine. Men who stay so
e shade always get mildewed.
THE FIRStTi6>OR MF.Ni ap
hat becomes of the first honor 118
of our colleges? asked some one .
ltlv, and the tjuestion was ansd
bv an old 'Varsity man after Pr
fashion: "Well, well, let me a j
c," he said, "there was Stokes, ^
took all the mathematical honors, ha
ive Stokes a ten acre field, put *h<
two good horses and one lame vn
e, have six holes in the field, and
es could tell the chances the lauie
e had of striking one of those
i, and w hat chance had the sound
es. Stokes J is now teaching a Tli
try school, and I have often won- Pri
il why he has not risen to a po- r<?J
a in the world commensurate tin
the undeniable talents he pos- Tl:
d in his college days. My the- th<
ibout Stokes is that he sapped 01
trcngth intellectually as well as ten
lical, in this four years' grind. an
e lias never married, and the
time I saw him he was stretched St
in a haymow happily reading his loc
ite work on mathematics. lie
nded one of Ichabod Crane, t!ie an
gogue of Sleepy Hollow, who, as res
well remember, would take him- as
to some verdant knoll after school tic
ever and there peruse a book of wli
is ov a musty volume of witch- ha
." "What became of the other
r men in your class?" asked an Co
ested listener. ma
[ took the law medal mvself," he Du
>nded, smiling, "and 1 have not Ju
in the courts in a half dozen soi
s." And lie pulled on his cigar pa|
ntdntedly, and viowcd the blue wh
aa serenely as if he was the at- 1
iy for the richest corporation in wh
Shwtr.?Cks*. sut
About an Obituary prr
le happiest tiling in the obituary Pe1
we have seen in a long time is an re>
nded notice of one John Black- J
written by a friend of his and PIC
;cd in the Marion 8tar. After *e;<
lumeration of Mr. Blackmail's l'lv'
al virtues we arc given the fol- '
ig touching episode of his ca- a,,(
pre
flie subject of this notice was, *'1C
igh most of his life, a dissipated w''
?drank a great deal of 'ujuor. rc?
writer has known him often to aIU
)LSON & SON, I
5RS I
S. C. I
Li- FIRE ISURANOE.
$40,000,000.00, OF ASSETS.
tay at Marion a week, and even two
ceks, drunk every day; lyine out
n the cold, wet ground at niglit, or
ther uncomfortable places wherever
e might chance to be when overcome
ith liquor and with sleep. Devilish
oys about town would box him up
nd ship him off on the train to Willington,
as it was said. At other
imes they would smut his face, r.cck
ad hands and let him walk about in
iat condition, and then ,pretending
) get mad with whoever did him so,
ould take him into a store pretenvely
to wash him off, and give him a
ash pan of castor oil and tell him to
ash, and 'Jack,' as he was called,
ould wash himself with the castor
1. Yet 'Jack* would take all this
i good part; did not disturb his equaimity
at all."
Tlie writer is obviously a conscienous
person, averse to concealments
id opposed to forgetting or omitting
lytliing of interest regarding the de'asod.
It is pleasant to be informed, bower,
that Mr. Blackmail remained
ber "fifteen or twenty years" and
edat last in the full odor of sanctity
the age of ninety?rather a discour;ing
fact for teetotalars.
The lamented citizen was a good
ldier of two wars but we submit that
ere seems to be a slight incongruity
me where in this paragraph when
tiot"~be too highly
predated.', He should be held out
an example to all who follow him."
rn. _. !LA.:a -f ** ? "
xuat me youm 01 jnurion snouiu
exhorted to take as an example a
am in cut citizen who went on drunks
FortnigHt long, slept where he fell,
3 shipped to Wilmington in box cars
d his fatife blacked and amid all
use discouraging circumstances surfed
to the respectable age of nine,
is unusffal, to say the least.
Qrccnville News.
Columbia, July 0.? Special to
ic Sunday News: The State Sueinc
Court has at last decided the/
istration case that was brougUFFo
e attention of the Court last fall,
tc petition has been dismissed, and
2 result is that the registration law
South Carolina has, for the time at
ist, the l?al sanction of the Stntr
d the Fecrerai Courts. The mattei
one of great importance to the
ate, and the opinion has been
iked forward to with a great deal
interest. * It is now somewhat late
d, indeed, public interest in the
mic nas about Uicd out. especially
tho result of opinion has been anipated
for some time. It is someat
curious that the Court should
ve been divided as it is.
The opinions of the members of the
urt are all separate and altogether
ke up seventy pages of manuscript,
iring tho morning the views of the
slices of tire Court were much
ight after, and all day long the \
pers were in the hands of lawyers, '
o wanted to see what was said.
One of the most eminent lawyers
o read the opinions gave this line
of the decisions:
Mr. Justice Pope dismisses the
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ficvuiii^o mi Liit; j^iouim mat II1C
tioners have a plain ami adequate
cdy at law.
Mr. Justice Gary dismisses the
ceedings, but on an entirely difDiit
ground, but on tho ground of
want of equity in the petition,
justice Mclver dissents from both
1 lolds that the proceeding is a
>pci proceeding, and holds that
i petitioner is entitled to the relief
icli is vked. and declares the whtle
;istratii>| law unconstitutional, nul]
1 void. \
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